women

For many women in the Middle East and North Africa, physical violence is a part of everyday life. In countries…

Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped initially…

Women mostly stayed off Mexico City’s streets Monday as part of a protest against the country’s soaring rate of gender…

With stores in India and New York, multiple clothing brands and a global celebrity following, fashion designer Anita Dongre is…

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are…

Bangkok’s future hangs in the balance. Rising sea levels, unchecked development, groundwater extraction, and rapid urban population growth has left…

Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it…

Egypt’s Minister of Health Hala Zayed on Sunday launched a new initiative from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi providing the early detection…

Since the first Oscars were awarded more than 90 years ago, there have been by far fewer women winners in…

Greece’s parliament on Wednesday elected the first woman president in the country’s history, a senior judge with an expertise in…